The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-02-10
subjects, and was well versed in Biblical
Literature.
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Literature.
| I'm him truth, honor, conscious worth com
To stamp virtuous, good and perfect
mind
The following, from the pen of Mr. 7.
B. Kingsbury, is tribute to the worth of
Judge Ashe, which we copy from the Will
mington Star:
We have no material out of which to
| construct a sketch of Judge Ashe that
| shall he remotely worthy of him. He was
one of the distinguished men Of the State
! that this writer has never seen. For mo "e
| than a quarter of century we have been
| taught to hold him in high personal esteem
| by reason of his superlative worth as a
gentleman of very exceptional type, and
as a man of excellent abilities We have
understood that he Was of dignified, noble
presence, with a mind and character of
the order Of the late William A. Graham
one of the grandest figures in our State
! during the nineteenth century. Judge
| Ashe has been represented to US as a gen
tleman of marked urbanity and purity,
grave perhaps, but lofty in ideal and ac
ton, and yet of singular modesty. AS
| illustrative of the last named quality-so
| rare among public men-we may mention
that when he was in the House and a
member of the Judiciary Committee, that
Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia. the foremost law
yer on the Democratic side, said of Mr..
Ashe, that but for his extreme mOdesty
he would be the most valuable member of
the Committee. This corrects an impress
sion that exists, that at the time Jnd ge
Ashe was appointed to the Supreme Court
Bench he was not learned in the law. We
confess to having received this impression
| from lawyers. But it WAS Judge A>le 5
mOdesty that led those who did not know
him intimately to suppose that he was
really not we'll equipped in his profession.
1t is quite certain that he steadily gained
in the estimation of the lawyers who prac
ticed before him, and at the time he left
the Bench, because of his fatal illness, he
was regarded AS perhaps the equal if not
the foremost " i, his opinions being taken
as the stanG q by which to estimate
| judicial superiority.
No man ever entered Congress With
| Ligher principles by which to guide his
political course, and no man ever retired
from the House with a more unspotted
name He was a faithful. useful, able.
| honest and honorable Representative of
| the people.
He bore himself on the Bench in such a
manner as to Win the admiration, conf
| dcnce and profound veneration of all gen
l
| Court. Upright, Conscientious, with de-
| cision of character and firm desire to
| pursue the right and deliver honest judg
ment, he easily secured the confidence Of
the best people of North Carolina. Among
The many illustrious men who have sat
upon the Supreme Bench in this State not
one has ever worn the ermine with more
of grace, dignity and purity than the no
| BILE gentleman whose mortal remains now
W. ia ItrDr nd xXh N has co "
gone from among US, passing through
nature to eternity"
North Carolina must needs mourn when
a just, pure, honorable son fulfils his des
| tiny and passes away. She must feel
| peculiar grief when one of her best and
nobest and greatest is laid away in moth
er earth, dust to dust and ashes to ashes.
Bearing a name long distinguished in the
annals of Moth Carolina, it is very doubt
| full if an abler and better furnished man,
and surely not purer and nobler, of his
| lineage has lived in our State. He is
worthy to wear the name that was made
eminent by Col. John Ashe, and the other
men of the family who lived in the troub-
| lous days of the Revolution. In every re-
latiOn he was a true man every inch of him.
| OF him it may well be said,
He bore without reproach
The grand old name of GENTLEMAN.
Inc funeral services.
The funeral of the distinguished dead
was held in Calvary church, in the town
of Wadesboro. From all sections there
| gathered men and women to pay
last trioute of respect. From the sur
rounding country his neighbors came,
deeply moved that they should look into
his honest, manly face no more. special
| train left Raleigh Sunday morning carry
| ing large number of citizens, and the
| following officials: Associate Justice Mer-
rimon, Governor Scales, 1t. Gov. Sted-
man, Speaker Webster, Minister Jarvis,
State Treasurer Balm, Superintendent Of
Public Instruction Finger, State Senators
Collie, Griffin, Ellington, Mccormick,
Senate Clerks Cooper and Gudger, also
Senator King, Representatives Altman,
Bennett, Blount, Cherry, Craford Of Hay
wood, Evans, Macon, Manning Overman,
Parsons, Smell. Sharp, Snipes, Temple and
Watson of Hyde, with House Clerk Brim,
also Representatives. Holloway, Crenshaw,
Rawls and Tilley, Messrs. I. X Bruner
and F. B. Dancy of the State Agricultural
Department, Mr.. H. NJ. Cowan of the
Treasury Department.
Letters of coincidence were carried from
Chief Justice Smith whose physical condi-
ton would not permit him to- attend the
| funeral.
After the beautiful, impressive and
solemn burial service of the Episcopal
church, and "Asleep in Jesus" rendered
feclingly by Mr.. Judge Bennett, the last
remains of this incorruptible juriSt were
deposited in mother earth, Rev. Mr.. Quin,
the rector, pronouncing ''earth to earth :;
ashes to ashes" The pail bearers were:
Col. Thos. S. Kenan, Messrs. r. H. Brad
ley, }. b. Bachelor and F. H. Busbee, OF
kalelgh; and Capt. J. A MCLAUGHLIN.
Messrs. r. E. Little, p J. Coppedge, W.
}. McLendon, George W. Huntly and J
A. Little, of Wadesboro.
The News from Montgomery.
Especial Cor STATE CHRoA1CLEI
OPHIR, n. c., Feb Z, 18S7.-The Conn
| ty Commissioners canvassed the vote some
weeks ago on the new railroad from Smith
vile West through Richmond, Montgom
cry, sc. They found that the road failed
to carry by 200, but owing to certain ir-
regularities in the election they declared
it null and void. The popular sentiment
is for the railroad by large majority, but
it was impossible to reach the voting pa-
ces f..r on election day.
The joint board of Commissioners and
Magistrates have passed resolution en-
powering the Commissioners to ask for an
act empowering them to levy special
tax, So, 900, TO rebuild the Court House.
which was burned some tim. ago
A large 40 stamp mill for sepa, ating
gold from ore is being erected at the Cog